Battle of Stony Lake | |||||||
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Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War | |||||||
Stony Lake battlefield | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States of America |
Santee Sioux Teton Sioux Yankton Yanktonai | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry Hastings Sibley | Inkpaduta | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,056 | 1,600 to 2,500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 dead | At least 3 |
The Battle of Stony Lake was the third and last engagement of Henry Hastings Sibley's 1863 campaign against the Santee, Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory. Following the battle, the Indians fought delaying actions against Sibley until their women and children had successfully crossed the Missouri River. Sibley then gave up his chase of them.